Alcoholism and the Effects on Family and Society: Development of Delinquency and Anti-Social Behaviours

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

My thanks go out to all who have helped me complete this study and with whom this project may have not been possible. In particular, my gratitude goes out to friends, facilitator and family for extensive and helpful comments on early drafts. I am also deeply indebted to the authors who have shared my interest and preceded me. Their works provided me with a host of information to learn from and build upon, also served as examples to emulate.

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Abstract

Alcoholism or the alcohol consumption is one of the basic flaws in any society. From the social analysis, it can be termed that the alcoholism is not associated with the age and the alcoholic can be of any age, social class, income level and ethnic background. Alcoholism is one of the increasing problems of the world today. It has been observed that the average alcohol intervention has been increased at a high rate in almost all the regions of the world. Some people have taken it as a hobby, and when these people were compared to those people who consume alcohol to escape from the realities of life and in the urge of relaxation a wide difference was observed. According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [NIAAA] (2011), alcohol use among underage persons constitutes a serious public health and law enforcement issue globally. The use of alcohol has not affected the psychological and the physical health of a person but also made a great impact on the social behaviour. This has given rise to delinquency and other anti-social behaviours thus, created a gap in the balanced system of the society. This dissertation focuses on the impact of the alcohol consumption on the family system and the society. The results will be based on the questionnaire survey that is being conducted from the families, teachers and the other circle of the alcoholic people. Table of content

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

1.1.Introduction1

1.2.Research Background2

1.3.Aims and Objectives3

1.4.Research Hypothesis3

1.5.Research Questions4

1.6.Structure of the Study4

1.7.Limitation of the Research5

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW6

2.1.Alcoholism6

2.2.Impact of alcoholism on family system6

Mother and Alcohol effects8

2.3.Family and affects of alcohol8

2.4.Impact of alcoholism on family: young offenders9

Alcohol and young offenders9

2.5.Domestic violence, alcoholism & young offenders9

2.6.Crime and young offenders10

2.7.Measures against young offenders10

2.8.Media and alcoholism11

2.9.Stages in the Alcoholic Family12

Denial12

Eliminating problem through various attempts12

Chaos and disorganization13

Reorganization13

Escape Efforts13

Reorganization of family14

Recovery14

2.10.Social frame work and alcoholism: Meso, Exo, Macro system14

2.11.Role of children and alcoholic relationships17

2.12.Alcoholism and Delinquency (Anti-social behaviour)20

2.13.Social theories on Alcoholism22

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY25

3.1.Introduction25

3.2.Research philosophy26

3.3.Research strategy and design26

2.1.1Qualitative data methods28

2.1.2Quantitative research29

2.1.3Mixed methods research29

3.4.Data collection30

3.5.Analysis of data31

2.1.4Triangulation31

3.6.Reliability and Validity32

3.7.Summary of methodology32

CHAPTER 4: ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION33

4.1.qualitative data results: interview analysis and summary33

4.1.1.Group 1: doctors and ...